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The closing price of Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) was $33.85 for the day, up 6.88% from the previous closing price of $31.67. In other words, the price has increased by $6.88 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.65 million shares were traded. GEO stock price reached its highest trading level at $34.12 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $32.81.
Ratios:
Our analysis of GEO’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 67.00 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.83. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.41 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.34.
On October 02, 2023, Northland Capital started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $14.
Wedbush Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on November 29, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $10 to $14.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 09 ’24 when Brack Ronald A. sold 5,000 shares for $28.28 per share. The transaction valued at 141,400 led to the insider holds 71,978 shares of the business.
Brack Ronald A. bought 5,000 shares of GEO for $141,400 on Dec 09 ’24. On Aug 12 ’24, another insider, ZOLEY GEORGE C, who serves as the Executive Chairman of the company, bought 100,000 shares for $12.33 each. As a result, the insider paid 1,232,700 and bolstered with 3,900,904 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GEO now has a Market Capitalization of 4733177344 and an Enterprise Value of 6328773120. As of this moment, Geo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 134.01, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 21.79. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 13.40. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.95 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.59. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.611 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.999.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GEO is 0.84, which has changed by 1.9515378 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22212577 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GEO has reached a high of $31.77, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $10.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 24.83%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 94.81%.
Shares Statistics:
GEO traded an average of 3.55M shares per day over the past three months and 2492080 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 139.72M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 132.64M. Insiders hold about 5.14% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.93% stake in the company. Shares short for GEO as of 1735603200 were 9972191 with a Short Ratio of 2.81, compared to 1732838400 on 10596234. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9972191 and a Short% of Float of 9.959999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 11.18. The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for GEO, which recently paid a dividend on 2021-01-22 with an ex-dividend date of 1611273600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2017-04-25 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
